Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-06
CURlosIelEs OF CoURrsHIP.
a Bsli'f That No Two Couples Ever Mad
Love after the Same Fashion.

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Love after the Same Fashion.
! Elnira Gazette
! There is a veritable Incident on record
of al old Scotch dame-toothless, aud
nearly bent double with the aches and
pains of advanced yesrs-who, when
asked ct what age women gave
ever thinking of marriage, replied :
''Deed, We maun cen gang and ask some
sne msir aud than me-" And we C3n
give as companion 10 this instance one
| equally authentic CT g small American
dsmsel Of four years, who, being opce
chided by grown up sister for talking
of msrriege-With the &dmonition that
SUCH little girls should not :hink Of get
ting married-repIied. with the utmost
smsz3ment st her sisters ignorance:
! "Why. thought about it when l was
only tWo!"
| Sir Arthur Helps gave 1t as his belief
that since the world was created no two
couples ever made love after the same
| fashion. And since sit takes all sorts Of
| FOLKS TO make 8 world" they may be
| fairly supposed to do their counting in ali
| sorts Of ways. For instance, the counting
OF the aboriginal OF Australia consisted
simply in knocking the woman of his
preference down with club and carry
| ing her off. This form Of wOOing
was as efficaciOus SIS brief, and WAS GER
iaiply cCmmenda3l: On the score o.
economy, Stree it subjected neither party
| to the expense OF lights, fires, oyster
suppers, ice cream, elaborate dresses,
| flowers, etc, which ere the usual concom
itants CT civilized love making. The
mGthod of the Australian has been tried
by other thsn dusky ssvages. 1t is
sn historical fact that William
the Conqueror conducted his court
ship IL a similar manner. Having
fallen IN love with Flemish maiden, h.
had told her OF his preference, bat re-
ceived in return Only scorn and indiffer
exec. Becoming enraged st this, he one
day attacked the damsel in The open
street and pummeled Ter numerically.
The result was that she consented 10 his
sui5, ana made, when married, one OF the
meekest wives imaginable. In civilized
countries this counting ceremony is.
strange TO say, sometimes used after
marriage.
Some very curious counting customs
prevail in Africa. In one tribe OF East
EN- Africa it is regarded as the ne plus
ultra Of gallantry for the lover TO parade
before the but OF his lnamorata astride OF
huge boar. Mungo Park tells of q tribe
in the interior where custom compels
woman to carry 4 Cslsbash OF water
to the man who hiss expressed prefer
ence for her. Seated on mat before
bis door be washes his hands in
the vessel, and then che wOman DRINKS
the water as token Of her affection.
Less repuIsiYe was the act OF the lover
among the ancient Persians, who buried
his band or cheek to prove his devotion,
end then showed it to his lady love. II
she WAS hwIllin'," she bound the injured
part with silken scarf, but if 0bdurxte,
she sent the man TO physician for heai-
Ing selVe.
Among the Morayians, itwas the system
for the minister to select wives for the
men OF his congregation. Il q "sister"
had any objection to the "brother"
selected for her life partner, she was per
mitted to state it, but it was generally
overruled by the priests eloquence.
Strange to ssy, the historian tells us that
these marriages were generally happy.
How the Princess Louise Of S6yoys ever
recovered from her humiliation sitter
having offered herself in marriage to
Charles, Duke of Bourbon, only TO receive
q grave but positive refusal, few women
can understand. Ladies, however, are
permitted to assist bashtul wooer
when
Either he fears his fate too much
Or mis- desert too small,
VINO fears to put IL to the touch
And win or lose it all.
Such was the case with the young lady
who assured her lover that she could
make s beautiful cake, ell filed with
fruit, with ring on the top, and when
the astonished swain exclaimed, "Why,
that is 8 wedding cake!" replied, 81
meant wedding" and which brought mat
tiers to crisis immediately.
More shrewd stu was the young lady
-.8Ld more dering-Who told her admirer
rthst she wss 8 mind reader and coud
read what wss going on in his mind at
that moment; that he wanted to propose
to her, but did not know how to co it,
which, of course, relieved the young man
from his embarrassment permanently.
A very bashful man having succeeded
in winning wife, lady relative leased
him to tell her how he ever plucked Up
courage enough TO propose.
ssNow tell me the truth, NJ" said
she; "did not the lady nave to do the
couriing r You?"
"N-H0," answered the gentleman, "but
OVID she smoothed over the hard places
for me-"
And this seems to be the ladies' mission
in courtshlp-to smooth over the hard
places.